Honoring Lenny Harris

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Vol. 9, No. 43 Alexandria’s only independent hometown newspaper
OCTOBER 24, 2013
photos/ANNA HARRIS
HELPING HANDS Employees with McLean-
based Integrity Management Consulting hand out
new shoes and books to 15 at-risk preschoolers at
the Child and Family Network Centers’ classroom
in the Chirilagua Cooperative on Monday. “For [our]
children, getting something like a new pair of shoes
that actually fit can be life changing,” said Margaret
Patterson, CEO of the organization.
Honoring Lenny Harris
photo/Derrick pERKINS
City officials partnered with local developers to lure the National Science Foundation to Alexandria. But dropping mandated contributions
to the affordable housing fund has sparked controversy.
Too sweet of a deal?
Details of NSF agreement
fall under scrutiny
By Derrick Perkins
After celebrating the National Science Foundation’s
announced relocation as a major coup earlier this year, city
leaders questioned the deal’s
cost over the weekend — specifically how it affects subsidies for affordable housing.
Luring the foundation to
Alexandria required a competitive package: The landmark
deal saves the organization
about $28 million in real estate
taxes over 15 years. City Hall
also freed it from contributing to the Eisenhower Avenue
improvement and affordable
housing funds.
The latter concession has
drawn scrutiny as officials formalize the deal and green-light
the project. Fearing it signaled
a shift in Alexandria’s approach to affordable housing
— which has plummeted by
more than 1,200 units in recent
years — planning commissioners recommended city council
shunt tax dollars into the fund
SEE NSF | 10
City council renames
park in honor of
murdered activist
By Derrick Perkins
Jubilation filled the city
council chamber Saturday after Alexandria’s top elected
officials unanimously agreed
to rename Braddock Field for
slain activist Lenwood “Lenny” Harris.
The room’s usually formal atmosphere gave way to
bittersweet joy as friends and
family remembered Harris,
who championed youth, the
city’s minority population and
the impoverished. Harris, 53
when he died, was murdered
in 2011.
“I think we’ve all heard the
kind of tremendous impact this
extraordinary man had,” said
City Councilor Del Pepper. “I
Lenny Harris
think that the naming of this
field is really going to remind
people that his spirit does live
on, and the kind of person that
he was and the kind of dreams
that he had for everyone will
live on.”
Harris founded Operation
Hope (which has become the
Lenny Harris Legacy Corp.),
a local organization that supported youth programs and ran
the annual One Love Festival.
The Del Ray family man also
was known for tackling contentious community disagreements head on.
Just months before his
death, Harris organized a
neighborhood
get-together
after tensions between Chatham Square residents flared
up. Reports of lawlessness in
the mixed-income community
in north Old Town had left the
neighborhood’s public housing and minority populations
shamed and outraged.
Harris hoped to bring
residents of the traditionally
black community together
with their new neighbors. But
in September 2011, Harris
hopped into his car and vanished into the night.
His disappearance stumped
SEE harris | 12
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The Old Dominion Boat Club’s response to Mayor Bill Euille’s nine-point compromise plan includes a waterfront walkway for pedestrians. But the group does not want to sell the property to City Hall.
Boat club responds to mayor’s
offer for waterfront property
Group would allow
pedestrian walkway but
retain ownership
By Derrick Perkins
Old Dominion Boat Club
leadership presented their counteroffer for the group’s waterfront parking lot last week, but
it falls well short of handing the
property over to City Hall.
The club’s proposed solution would see a 25-foot-wide
pedestrian walkway run along
the parking lot’s western edge.
But the decades-old organization would retain ownership of
the land, instead granting the
city an easement on it.
“This compromise position will nearly achieve the
city’s goal of a continuous
public walkway along the waterfront,” wrote Eric DeSoto,
club chairman, in a letter to
Mayor Bill Euille. “We believe
25 feet is wider than nearly any
other sidewalk or walkway in
the city, and in fact, [it’s] wide
enough to give the sense of a
mini-plaza at that location if
the city desires.”
Club leaders presented a
similar solution to another
one of the city’s longstanding demands, offering to lease
adjacent parking spaces for
flood mitigation efforts. Again,
though, the organization would
hold onto the property.
It’s not clear if local officials will accept the club’s
proposal. Euille’s nine-point
plan to end the years of negotiations for the property — sent
in June — called for the organization to sell the parking lot
and nearby spaces to City Hall.
A city spokesperson did not
return a request for comment
by the Times’ print deadline.
Though on-again, offagain negotiations for the
shoreline
property
have
dragged on for years, talks
heated up with the controversial approval of the waterfront redevelopment plan. The
blueprint calls for converting
the parking lot into a public
plaza, which officials have
described as the crown jewel
of the proposal’s public improvements.
The club’s counteroffer
comes on the heels of news
that City Hall is once again
seriously considering eminent
domain to secure the property.
Euille announced the policy
shift in a major press conference earlier this month, telling reporters it was time to
end the dispute.
Officials will open up the
issue to the public at a hearing
next month. The city council
will decide whether to proceed with eminent domain
shortly thereafter.
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ALEXANDRIA TIMES
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City council removes bike registry ordinance
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On Saturday, the city council voted 7-0 in favor of eliminating an arcane piece of Alexandria’s bicycle regulations,
which required local shops to
log sales of two-wheelers with
police.
The measure was a loose
end after the city approved a
sweeping reform of bike rules,
such as allowing riding on
sidewalks in parts of Alexandria, earlier this year.
Police originally requested
the unenforced registration requirement remain intact. But
after public outcry from cyclists and business owners, the
department changed its tune,
encouraging residents to use a
voluntary national database.
The only dissenting voice
to the ordinance’s removal was
frequent council critic Dino
Drudi. Before the vote, he explained that while the local police database was a bad idea, a
registry requirement is needed.
“If cyclists want to be
treated in a bona fide way, if
they want to be treated seriously, they should be in favor
of a registry requirement,”
Drudi said. “For police to
do the registration is probably not the best way, but I
would recommend you revise
the legislation to require that
bikes be registered with the
national registry.”
- Erich Wagner
POLICE BEAT
The following incidents occurred between October 16 and October 23.
35
11
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ALEXANDRIA TIMES
All’s not quiet on District 45 front
Krupicka, Engle
square off for General
Assembly seat
By Erich Wagner
The race between Delegate
Rob Krupicka (D-45) and
challenger Jeffrey Engle, an
independent, for a seat in Richmond has been quieter than
last year’s special election. But
both candidates are pounding
the pavement to secure votes
for Election Day.
Krupicka, a Democrat who
won last year to fill former Delegate David Englin’s seat, is
approaching the race with an incumbent’s perspective — and in
terms of fundraising, it shows.
According to the Virginia Public Access Project, he has raised
nearly $84,000, compared to
just $9,750 for Engle.
Noting the race lacks high-
profile debates, Krupicka
pointed out in an interview
that Engle has not appeared at
forums like the one organized
earlier this fall by the League
of Women Voters of Virginia.
But the Democrat continues
campaigning, particularly on
a one-on-one basis — just not
with his opponent.
“You know, I’ve been
knocking on all the doors,
making a lot of phone calls,
just doing everything we can
to be visible in the community,” Krupicka said. “I want to
hear what people have on their
minds right now.”
Among the issues that he
and voters share concerns
about, Krupicka highlighted
the need for new ethics rules
for elected officials and what
he referred to as the extremism
of the state Republican ticket.
The delegate also said educa-
tion — such as improving local school funding — is at the
forefront of his campaign.
“I had coffee over in Rosemont [Tuesday], and I heard
a lot of concerns about school
funding,”
Krupicka
said.
“They’re seeing Fairfax having a lot of struggles with their
school funding and the fact that
the state has not made up for all
of the cuts [to education] over
the last five years.”
The Times could not reach
Engle for comment, but his
campaign website touts his
focus on protecting local and
state government from “burdensome legislation, regulation and taxation imposed by
the federal government.”
The website also mentions
Engle’s aim of making Virginia a more attractive place for
business and entrepreneurship,
through a combination of leg-
islation and fighting excessive
taxation.
“[My goal is to] address the
existing onerous legislation
present within the laws and
codes of the commonwealth, in
partnership with localities and
businesses, to ensure that no
other state is better positioned
for innovation and economic
growth,” Engle wrote.
Meanwhile, Krupicka is
banking on his experience.
“I’m running on my record,”
he said. “I’ve served the area
for nearly 20 years in various
capacities. I love my community, and I feel we’ve done a lot
of great work together. We need
to make our schools better, support the environment and [improve] transportation options,
especially mass transit.
“[I] want to make sure we
live in a community that gives
everyone a fair shot at equality.”
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ALEXANDRIA TIMES
Recovering from the shutdown
Federal workers, business
leaders learn to prepare
for the worst
By Anna Harris
The 16-day partial government shutdown ended last
week, but the deal struck to
get Washington up and running
again has left many with lingering doubts.
The bill signed by President
Barack Obama that ended the
impasse and raised the debt
ceiling was a temporary fix that
only lasts through February 7,
with current spending levels
supported through January 15.
Cheri Hennessy, president
of the Christmas Attic and Urban Attic stores, fears a repeat
of this past month.
“We were just getting over
the economic downturn, and
they made us go through this,”
she said. “Now we have to deal
with it again in February. ...
The marketplace doesn’t need
that uncertainty.”
Even though the shutdown
is history, it has long-term effects on the local business
community, Hennessy said.
“This little ripple effect of
the past two weeks is going to
affect the economy as a whole
for the next six months,” she
said. “Whenever there’s a negative impact, I’m afraid to buy
inventory, which affects the
manufacturers. It’ll take a little
while to get confidence back
and start taking risks again.”
Hotels suffered immediately during the shutdown,
weathering a slew of conference and event cancellations.
But unlike Hennessy, members
of the hospitality industry are
less worried, at least according
to Alizia McClarin, conference
services coordinator with Hotel Monaco.
“It hasn’t affected us for the
future in a huge dynamic way,”
she said. “[There] are small
things we might have to make
up ... but hotels can always sell
the rooms back. We can fill
them. It’s not like retail and
food businesses, where once
you’ve bought the merchandise
or the food, you need to sell it
back, and if you don’t, you’re
losing money. We already have
the rooms.”
She believes it’s important
to stay positive and focus on
bouncing back.
“You want to be proactive
about these kinds of things,”
McClarin said. “Don’t panic.
Have a backup plan. Fill in the
missing rooms. As long as you
know your market and who you
can get to, you can fill them.”
And, according to McCla-
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rin, the shutdown served as a
learning experience. “Luckily, it’s over for now.
In a way, it’s good that it happened,” she said. “Knowing
that it could happen again soon,
we can prepare. We know how
to bounce back from it.”
It’s a lesson that Jacqueline
Rodriguez, a management specialist with the U.S. Department
of Agriculture, also has taken to
heart. Furloughed during the
shutdown, the experience shook
her out of complacency.
“I didn’t even know what
to expect,” she said. “After the
two weeks hit, reality hit too. I
better get my act in gear.”
Though Rodriguez has returned to work with the promise of back pay for the temporary hiatus, she is focused
on becoming more proactive
about her personal finances.
“My dad always used to tell
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City Councilor John Chapman successfully convinced
his colleagues Saturday to
follow the commission’s lead
by considering redirecting
$500,000 in real estate taxes
toward the affordable housing
fund at a later date. But the
suggestion reignited an old debate about using tax dollars to
preserve affordable housing.
How and when to set aside
money for the cause, not to
mention how much and where
to spend it, have become contentious issues as redevelopment and gentrification force
out increasingly more lowincome residents. City officials
said the foundation’s contribution for the cause would have
been $1,043,725.
“With this project coming
and affordable housing being
taken off the table, that signals
something, and I think that it
has signaled something to a lot
of citizens,” Chapman said.
Instead of waiting until later, Chapman wants the
$500,000 of taxes earmarked
for affordable housing during
the foundation’s construction,
which troubled City Councilors Paul Smedberg and Justin
Wilson. Both strongly oppose
setting aside tax dollars independently of the negotiations
that mark budget season.
While affordable housing is
a priority, it’s not the city’s sole
focus, they argued. Any allocations must be made in the context of other needs, like school
and public safety funding.
“I object to making budgetary decisions outside of
the tradeoffs that are inherent
in that year’s budget,” Wilson
said. “And so if we want to
have a discussion about allocating $500,000 of next year’s
tax revenue to affordable housing, let’s have that discussion
when we’re in the budget process and we’re weighing it
against everything else.”
The duo also argued that
without the package, which
included eliminating the affordable housing contribution,
the foundation would have
stayed in Arlington or relocated elsewhere. Either way,
Alexandria would have lost
out, Wilson said.
“Clearly we did something
here that we’ve never done before,” Wilson said. “We used
... incentives to try and attract
an employer to the city and
encourage community development that, quite frankly, had
we not put this incentive package on the table, would not
have happened.”
The organization’s arrival
in Alexandria is expected to
spur job growth and redevelopment efforts, particularly in
the Eisenhower Avenue corridor. Along with 2,400 jobs,
the presence of the National
Science Foundation — which
draws about 200,000 visitors
annually — will lead to at least
one new hotel, an apartment
building and several office
buildings, officials said.
Local business experts believe the federal agency could
generate as much as $83 million for the city’s economy
through the course of its 15year lease.
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Mayor misspoke on eminent domain
Discrepancy comes
to light as land grab
considered on waterfront
By Derrick Perkins
Eminent domain is and always has been a contentious
term, especially in the run-up
to last year’s election, when
Mayor Bill Euille touted — erroneously — his record of eschewing land grabs.
“There has been no use of
eminent domain on any properties along the waterfront,”
Euille shot back at then-mayoral candidate Andrew Macdonald during a heated October 2012 debate. “As a matter
of fact, there’s been no use
of eminent domain since I’ve
been serving on city council
the past 18 years.”
Euille made this claim dur-
sider eminent domain in its
quest to transform the Old Dominion Boat Club’s waterfront
parking lot into a public plaza.
Though officials always acknowledged eminent domain as
a possibility in the longstanding
land-use dispute, they have described it as off the table and a
tool of last resort in recent years.
Macdonald’s differing assessment last year of the city’s handling of the negotiations with
the boat club prompted Euille
to trumpet his clean record on
eminent domain.
“Well, I don’t support efforts to take land anywhere
in Alexandria by eminent domain,” Macdonald said. “I think
it’s a very poor way of dealing
with not just conflict, but [also]
land-use issues. And we’ve
seen that along the waterfront,
where efforts to take land or
I am not going to deal
with past campaign
rhetoric at this time. The election
is over.”
-Mayor Bill Euille
file photo
Mayor Bill Euille, pictured here with City Manager Rashad Young, claimed City Hall had never used eminent
domain during his tenure on city council at an election debate in 2012. Just months prior, the city used the
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made invoking eminent domain
costlier and more difficult (this
alteration became law).
But just a few months earlier, officials turned to eminent
domain for the first time in recent memory as part of a major transit project — with city
council’s blessing.
The discrepancy, which
went unnoticed at the time,
came to light earlier this month
as reporters scrambled to put
a stunning policy shift into
context. On October 8, Euille,
flanked by City Manager Rashad Young and City Attorney
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conflict in the community.”
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next month regarding the boat
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police and worried family and
friends. From the beginning,
they believed the longtime activist was in danger.
Though authorities quickly
located Harris’ discarded phone
and circulated images of a tattooed man attempting to use
the activist’s credit card, a big
break in the case eluded investigators until January 2012.
That’s when an anonymous
tipster led Prince George’s
County police to a well situated on a vacant lot at the 11900
block of Old Fort Road. Harris
was shot and killed after the abduction, and his assailants later
dumped his body.
Three men were quickly
charged in connection with the
young daughter.
“When I returned home, I
was greeted by a bunch of drug
dealers, drug users, people to
get me high because nobody
knew how to deal with a loss or
tragedy like that,” Suggs said.
“But then I met Lenny, who
taught me how to grow up, be
a man, to face life’s situations.
He was my sponsor, my mentor, my friend — you know —
my brother.”
More than honoring Harris,
naming the park after the activist will serve as an inspiration to
the city’s youth, said his brother, Harold Harris.
“This is much bigger than
Lenny, and I think about the
youth, especially our black
American youth. When they
grow up, one of the questions
we always ask is what do you
aspire to be? And a lot of our
But then I met Lenny, who
taught me how to grow up,
be a man, to face life’s situations.
He was my sponsor, my mentor, my
friend — you know — my brother.”
- Tony Suggs
Motivational speaker and Harris’ friend
slaying: Linwood Johnson, 49;
Tyrone Lewis, 26; and Ivan
Newman, 20. A Prince George’s
County jury found Lewis guilty
last month on a slew of charges,
including first-degree murder,
robbery and kidnapping. He
will be sentenced November 1.
According to prosecutors,
the trio hoped to steal enough
money to bail out another
friend.
But those who knew Harris
did not dwell on the circumstances of his death Saturday.
Instead, they recalled his legacy
and good deeds.
Tony Suggs, a motivational
speaker and one-time top boxer,
remembered how Harris pulled
him out of a downward spiral following the death of his
black youth do not have any aspirations,” Harold Harris said.
“[The] youth that pass this field
and see Lenny’s name, they can
say, ‘Oh my goodness, I knew
him. I can aspire to help someone out like he did.’”
It was a theme others
touched upon, including Mayor Bill Euille, who described
Lenny Harris as a mentee and
mentor in the years they knew
each other.
“Lenny certainly had an impact on each and every one of
us and will dearly and sorely be
missed,” Euille said. “But he
left us with something; he left
us with an inspiration. He left
us with hope. He left us with a
desire to continue his legacy —
and that’s important.”
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GET OUT OF TOWN
Spice up travel plans with a trip to Culpeper
Combine fashion, food
and entertainment in this
historic hot spot
By Jordan Wright
Culpeper is renowned for
its history and aeronautic acrobats, but don’t let that fool you:
The town has more to offer
than meets the eye.
Historians have expounded
on Culpeper’s role in the Civil
War, recording everything from
its battlefields to the town’s illustrious residents and their
military legacy. Better known
for battle re-enactments, the
Flying Circus Air Show and
living history encampments,
the area is celebrating the sesquicentennial of the American
Civil War.
And that’s just fine by me,
though my only previous experience with Culpeper residents
was the rough-hewn guys in
pickup trucks who arrive each
fall with racks of firewood to
sell to us city slickers. Locals
call them “woodchucks.”
But there’s another Culpeper. This small, southern town
has blossomed into a hip destination for foodies, shoppers
and even equestrians. That’s
the Culpeper that I had heard
about and the one I wanted to
experience — though I knew
there’d be plenty of history
along the way.
What I found — to my delight — was a charming town
eagerly embracing change.
As is appropriate, I began
with a stop at the Culpeper
visitors center, which is housed
in a train depot dating back to
1904. Dodging the walking
tours and travelers disembarking from an Amtrak train, I fell
into step with Mary Jo Browning, a sprightly octogenarian
whose knowledge of the town’s
historic homes and churches is
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Chuck Miller, a master distiller with the Stillhouse Distillery at Belmont Farms, is just one of the colorful characters whom visitors heading to
Culpeper will meet. The region also boasts plenty of shopping, delicious eateries and, of course, Civil War history.
legendary.
Everyone knows Mary, including Pastor Stuart Smith,
of St. Stephen’s Episcopal
Church, who has come to the
station to await his daughter’s
arrival from New York. Mary
cordially greets him before we
trot off to his church, key in
hand.
At the 19th-century church
— adorned with Tiffany
stained glass windows — Mary
regaled me with a story of its
old bell and how it survived
the “War Between the States.”
As we strolled through town,
she pointed out things I had
seen but not processed: the still
firmly-in-place window bars
on the Civil War-era jail; the
town’s giant “LOVE” sculpture, whose letters are formed
from old movie reels; the farm
store where you can buy feed
and baby chicks; and a gargoyle sitting atop a roofline.
We passed the grandiose
columns of Clarke’s Hardware,
a 100-year-old store still vital to the town, and dozens of
meticulously restored buildings en route to the Museum of
Culpeper History, a low brick
structure surrounded by a modest white picket fence.
Inside, historically bent
travelers will find a set of
215-million-year-old dinosaur
tracks discovered in a local
quarry. The prints share space
with Manahoac Indian artifacts
from Culpeper’s first residents,
an interactive topographical
map and relics from the Civil
War. The Burgandine House,
an early 19th-century log structure once used as a tavern and
furnished as though still occupied, is just a few steps away
along a garden path.
With our history lesson finished, it was time to break out
the wallet and hit the town.
Culpeper is home to a host of
independently owned specialty
shops.
For chic gifts and home decor items, stop by David Eddy’s. Rather peruse antiques?
Try Quail at the Wood. And if
you have a four-legged traveling companion, Reigning Cats
and Dogs is the place to visit.
For those with a taste for
unusual oils, balsamic vinegars
and organic spices, Jeffery
Mitchell’s Culpeper Cheese
Co. has it all, including more
than 100 local and international cheeses. If that wasn’t
enough, Mitchell’s shop boasts
a variety of craft beers and a
wine lounge where you can
sample eight different kinds.
Calhoun’s Ham House is
the spot for bacon, ham and
sausage. Pick up a country ham
— they’re legendary.
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Now to December 31
OCCUPIED CITY: LIFE IN CIVIL
WAR ALEXANDRIA EXHIBITION
This exhibition examines life in an American town seized and held by its federal
government, following Virginia’s decision
to secede from the Union in May 1861.
Explore the experiences of Alexandrians
and others who lived here during this
tumultuous time through their words, as
well as period photographs and collections items. Suggested admission is $2.
Time: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday
through Saturday and 1 to 5 p.m.
Sunday
Location: The Lyceum, 201 S. Washington St.
Information: 703-746-4994 or www.
alexandriahistory.org
MARSHALL HOUSE INCIDENT
EXHIBITION The deaths of Union Col.
Elmer Ellsworth and secessionist James
Jackson at the Marshall House Hotel
along King Street during the Federal occupation of Alexandria on May 24, 1861,
stirred patriotic fervor in the north and
south. This exhibit at Fort Ward features
objects from the museum collection —
like a star from the flag which had flown
over Marshall House and loan items
from the Mary Custis Lee chapter of the
Daughters of the Confederacy — to tell
this notable story about the event that
launched the Civil War in Alexandria.
Time: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday
through Saturday and noon to 5 p.m.
Sunday
Location: Fort Ward Museum, 4301 W.
Braddock Road
fortward.org
Now to January 4
AFRICAN-AMERICAN ACTIVISTS EXHIBITION Living Legends
of Alexandria is an ongoing project,
conceived by Nina Tisara, to create an
enduring artistic record of the people
whose vision and dedication make a
positive, tangible difference to the quality of life in Alexandria. Over the years, 13
African-Americans have been chronicled
as part of the project: Ferdinand Day
in 2007-08; Lillie Finklea, Carlton Funn
Sr., Eula Miller, Melvin Miller and Bert
Ransom in 2008-09; Nelson Greene Sr.
in 2010; Lynnwood Campbell in 2011;
Lillian Patterson, Gwen Menefee-Smith
and Dorothy Turner last year; and Willie
Bailey Sr. and Rosa Byrd this year.
Admission is $2.
Time: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday
through Saturday
Location: Alexandria Black History
Museum, 902 Wythe St.
Information: www.alexandrialegends.
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com or www.alexandriava.gov/blackhistory
October 24
LIBRARY SPEED DATING Come
share the love of books and find that
literary better half at this event. There
will be prizes as well as refreshments.
Time: 7 to 8:30 p.m.
Location: Charles E. Beatley Jr. Central
Library, 5005 Duke St.
Information: 703-746-1751
ALEXANDRIA NOVA BAND
HALLOWEEN CONCERT Come
spend a night listening to frighteningly good music at this free Halloween
concert. The Alexandria NOVA Band will
play a selection of music from various
composers, including Hector Berlioz,
Henry Fillmore, Michael Markowski,
Giacomo Puccini, Camille Saint-Saens
and Robert W. Smith.
Time: 7:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Location: Rachel M. Schlesinger Concert Hall, 3001 N. Beauregard St.
Information: Contact Lisa C. Eckstein
at 703-845-6252 or [email protected]
HAIR BALL DANCE CLASS In
preparation for the Hair Ball on November 16, come learn 18th-century English
country dancing from expert instructors.
The class costs $12.
Time: 7:30 to 9:30 p.m.
Location: Gadsby’s Tavern Museum,
134 N. Royal St.
Information: 703-746-4242 or alexandriava.gov/gadsbystavern
October 25 - 27
GHOST AND GRAVEYARD SPECIAL HALLOWEEN TOUR Come
weave through some of Alexandria’s
most haunted locations — from Candie’s
Candies to Christ Church — hearing tales
of this historic city’s spooky past. Partial
proceeds of the tours will go to Gadsby’s
Tavern Museum. Tickets are $15 for
adults and $7 for kids, 7 to 17 years old.
Time: 6:30 to 9 p.m. (tours run every
15 minutes)
Location: Corner of King and Fairfax
streets, outside of the Burke & Herbert
Bank
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October 25
HONORING OUR VOLUNTEERS
Once again, it’s time to recognize and
honor volunteers, and Volunteer Alexandria invites everyone to attend. Honoring
Our Volunteers will recognize volunteers
who have served the community consistently over their lifetime or have helped
an organization to further its mission.
Tickets are $60.
Time: 6 to 8:30 p.m.
Location: American Legion Post No.
24, 400 Cameron St.
Information: www.volunteeralexandria.org
GHOSTS AND FOLKLORE OF
ALEXANDRIA Alexandria is one of
the most haunted cities in the country.
Join Betty Ward, of Footsteps to the Past,
and author and historian Michael Lee
Pope as they share tales of the city’s
haunted history. A dessert reception will
follow the stories. The event costs $10.
Time: 7 p.m.
Location: The Athenaeum, 201 Prince St.
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The Little Theatre of Alexandria presents
October 26 - 27
CHOCTOBERFEST Ten Thousand
Villages is cooking up a spectacular
fair-trade taste test. Store volunteers and
staff will have a bakeoff, making delicious recipes that incorporate fair-trade
chocolate in some way. Customers will
have the opportunity to sample all of
these delectable treats and vote for their
favorites.
Time: 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday and
noon to 6 p.m. Sunday
Location: Ten Thousand Villages, 915
King St.
Information: 703-684-1435 or alexandria.tenthousandvillages.com
The 39 Steps
10/26 - 11/16
This entertaining thriller-spoof is a tonguein-check homage to spy thrillers and all
things Hitchcock. Four actors play over one
hundred roles, meaning you are in for a
break-neck treat on the LTA stage!
600 Wolfe St, Alexandria • 703-683-0496 • www.thelittletheatre.com
October 26
OLD TOWN FARMERS MARKET
The market includes local dairy, fish,
fruits and vegetables. There is free parking in the garage during market hours.
Time: 7 a.m.
Location: Market Square, 301 King St.
ALEXANDRIA 5K This fun commu-
nity event serves as a fundraiser for the
Alexandria nonprofit, Casa Chirilagua.
Time: 8 to 11 a.m.
Location: Cameron Run Regional Park,
4001 Eisenhower Ave.
Information: Contact Graedon Zorzi at
703-535-6815 or gzorzi@ctkalexandria.
org
“A
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blistering, brilliant, str aight-up classic .”
Peter Tr avers,
“A
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you feel you're seEing something essential .”
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ALEXANDRIA WALK TO FIGHT
BREAST CANCER All proceeds from
the event will benefit the Alexandria
Breast Cancer Walk Fund at Inova
Alexandria Hospital, which provides
mammograms to uninsured women and
men or to those in financial need. Since
the walk’s inception in 1994, more
than 7,000 women have been helped
because of the generous support of
sponsors, walkers and their pledges.
Time: 8 a.m.
Location: U.S. Patent and Trademark
Office, 600 Dulany St.
Information: Contact Latoshia Love
at 703-746-3123 or latoshia.love@
alexandriava.gov
BARK OR TREAT HALLOWEN
CANINE CRUISE The Potomac Riv-
erboat Co. invites guests with costumed
pup in tow to cruise around the Potomac
River on this 40-minute ride to Halloween tunes. The cruise is $15 for adults
and $9 for children (dogs ride free).
Time: 10 a.m. and 11 a.m.
Location: Alexandria City Marina, 0
Cameron St.
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LE TOUR D’ALEXANDRIA
LIBRARY The Alexandria Library
invites the community to participate in
its first bicycle tour of all library locations.
Guests can bring their bike and join
library staff for a leisurely 12-mile loop.
Time: 10:30 a.m.
Location: Charles E. Beatley Jr. Central
Library, 5005 Duke St.
Information: Contact Kimberly Nathaniel at 703-746-1770
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pean chocolates, and My Secret
Stash, an old-time candy store
chock-a-block with classic
treats. The best sellers are the
faux pimento olives (they’re really chocolate almonds), sugarsanded grapefruit gummies and
chocolate sea salt caramels.
Scoop up some pumpkin
malt balls while you’re at My
Secret Stash. The glass apothecary jars filled with candies
share space with a well-culled
selection of unusual antiques
and funky collectibles, like vintage fans and 1950s barware.
Mary R. Benson, a Reiki
master and specialist in nutrition and homeopathy, welcomes
questions from curious visitors
at Herbal Connection. Her herblined shelves, vitamins and Ezekiel bread say all there is to say
about her 22 years dispensing
kindness and healing.
If you did not get your fill
at Culpeper Cheese Co., Kim
Kelly’s Vinosity reveals an astonishingly
comprehensive,
hand-selected collection of
wines. Step up to chest-height
tables for informal tastings with
fellow wine enthusiasts.
World travelers, or those
who aspire to be, will find plenty of ethnic souvenirs to bring
home with a visit to The Camaleer. Housed in its two restored
historic buildings are international giftware, aboriginal arts
and crafts, and clothing from
more than 80 countries.
On Saturday mornings, the
farmers market fills a parking lot across from the Depot.
There you will find locally
grown goods, from vegetables
and herbs to meats, honey and
pretty flowers. Specialty items
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There is something for everyone
in Culpeper. The quaint, southern
town boasts historical attractions,
like the Burgandine House (top
left), and great shopping spots,
like the Culpeper Cheese Co.
(top). The community’s love of
film also is on display (left).
— like salmon from East Street
Fish (smoked by Pranas Rimeikis, Culpeper’s former mayor),
home-baked goodies, scented
soaps made with goat’s milk
and pretty crafts — also entice
buyers at the market.
Stop in at Harriet’s General,
where made-in-America products shine and you can pick up
a pair of Red Wing work boots.
Or check out the Green Roost
for a life-size paper sculpture of
a moose and earth-friendly gear
for men, women, babies and
your home.
All that window-shopping
tends to work up an appetite.
Luckily, there are plenty of dining options to choose from. For
the gourmand, there’s exceptional dining at Foti’s Restaurant. The chef and owner, Frank
Maragos, is an Inn at Little
Washington alumnus. Patrons
will appreciate the Pimm’s Cup
cocktail, properly served with a
ribbon of cucumber.
Mediterranean-influenced
cuisine tempts from It’s About
Thyme, while fresh-caught seafood lures people to The Copper
Fish Seafood & Raw Bar, where
— from 4 to 7 p.m. — you can
slurp oysters at half-price.
For down-home cooking,
there’s the Frost Cafe, a 50s
throwback diner boasting booth
jukeboxes and mega portions of
Southern-style comfort food.
At the Raven’s Nest Coffee House, you’ll find fabulous
pies, quiches, scones, cakes and
muffins, all baked by owner
Jessica Hall. Paintings by local
artists grace homey brick walls,
and the world music vibe is
downright groovy.
Breakfast is a pastime in
Culpeper, and many purposely
ease into their day with coffee
and delicious muffins from the
Thyme Market, whose umbrella-lined alleyway serves as a
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desirable respite for a glass of
wine and a piece of cheese or
a slice of Orange Dreamsicle
cheesecake. When the pace
quickens later in the day, locals
pick up wood-fired pizzas and
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herb-crusted roast chickens for
supper.
If there’s still time left over
after visiting Culpeper’s highlights, you can spend it visiting
nearby farms and wineries.
The Stillhouse Distillery at
Belmont Farm is a half-dozen
miles out of town but well
worth the visit. It is the oldest
craft distillery in the United
States. The corn, wheat and
barley used to make the whiskey are grown on the 195-acre
farm.
Chuck Miller presides over
the distillery and the family’s
secret recipe that was devel-
oped by his grandfather during
Prohibition. Try the Virginia
Lightning whiskey, a classic
moonshine, or the Kopper Kettle whiskey, which is aged in
charred oak barrels and similar
to bourbon. Tours are offered
throughout the day.
Among the many places to
hop on a horse is the equestrian
center at the beautiful Inn at
Kelly’s Ford, a 500-acre property just off Route 29 where
you can trail ride along the
Rappahannock River. Afterward, be sure to stop in at Pelham’s Pub for a hand-pulled
pint to wet your whistle.
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A special advertising feature
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No matter the day or season,
it’s always a good time for grilled,
juicy burgers from the barbecue.
The folks at Foster’s Grille have
perfected the hot sandwich — especially with their famous charburger
— and made a lot of friends and
loyal customers in the process.
The aroma around Foster’s
Grille is intoxicating. Just walking
or driving by the 2004 Eisenhower
Ave. restaurant is a treat, as the
smell of mouthwatering charburgers fills the air.
But there’s more than meets the
nose at Foster’s Grille. The restaurant’s charburgers are delicious,
high-quality beef burgers, custom
made for each patron. In addition
to the signature meal, the eatery offers turkey burgers, garden burgers,
chicken sandwiches, Philly cheesesteak sandwiches, wings and oven-
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During football and hockey season (not to mention the World Series just starting), the hot dogs and
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Foster’s Grille regulars. Staff members confirm that dogs and wings
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Beauregard streets — required
eminent domain.
“In recent years, eminent domain has been used by the city for
one project: to complete the acquisition of the 19 parts of parcels
needed for the King-Beauregard
intersection widening project,” he
wrote. “Most of the land acquired
by the city was small slivers of
parcel frontage needed to widen
the intersection.”
Though Euille voted in favor
of it, seizing the right-of-way
for the project was not an easy
choice. City councilors debated
the measure for nearly an hour in
June 2012.
And the circumstances surrounding the land grab last year
were anything but cut-and-dry.
All but two of the property own-
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ers agreed to strike a deal.
The two holdouts, according
to testimony from city staff, refused to negotiate — on the advice of their lawyers — until City
Hall invoked the eminent domain
process.
When faced with the prospect
of seizing land, officials have two
paths to choose from, each with
advantages and disadvantages. In
this case, invoking eminent domain gave City Hall immediate
control of the property but without the ability to withdraw if the
final price tag — a figure settled
in circuit court — grew too hefty.
“The benefit is you get [the
property] right away,” said Deputy City Attorney Chris Spera, who
handled the case. “The downside
to the municipality is that if you’re
way off on value and the property
owner proves it has a much higher
value, you’re stuck. You still have
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Known as a quick take, this
form of eminent domain is designed for situations in which immediate possession of the land is
necessary. The alternative gives
officials the flexibility to back
away from negotiations but leaves
the land in the hands of the private
owner until a settlement is reached.
“For [something] like a road
construction project, you can’t
let [negotiations] hold it up, but
the downside is you can’t walk,”
Spera said.
While city council wasn’t
unanimous on whether to use eminent domain — the two Republicans serving then voted against
the measure — supporters went
to great pains to paint the land
grab as a friendly move.
“This is not a hostile process,”
Euille said before voting in favor of
using eminent domain.
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ALEXANDRIA TIMES
Sports
Remember the Bishop Ireton Cardinals
Two-time state
championship team
reunites 20 years later
By Jim McElhatton
Bishop Ireton was down
30-0 to rival Paul VI near halftime Saturday afternoon when
a group of men began gathering behind the Cardinals
bench.
Wearing Ireton jerseys —
with names like Behan, Knight
and Prokop — they hugged,
shook hands and laughed.
They marveled at the shape of
Fannon Field’s synthetic surface, recalling the mud, grass
and rocks from when they
played.
Instead of footballs, many
were stooped over chasing
toddlers. And while many
hadn’t talked in years, they effortlessly eased back into conversations as if they were at
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Members of the 1992 and ’93 championship Cardinals squads returned to Bishop Ireton on Saturday. Though the Cardinals lost to Paul VI,
that didn’t stop the former athletes from remembering their glory days.
high school football practice
two decades earlier.
Now in their mid- to late30s, the men belonged to one
or both of the consecutive
Ireton championship teams of
1992 and ’93. The celebrated
squads featured the explosive
Wing T offense and boasted a
head coach who still does his
best to deflect any credit.
Still, the former players
surrounding Chip Armstrong
talked about how their head
coach taught them not only to
win, but also how to do well in
life after football.
“One of Coach Armstrong’s
great quotes is: ‘The way you
practice is the way you play,’”
said Wes Kaupinen, who was
a sophomore running back on
the ’93 team. “There are no
miracles on game day. What’s
behind that quote is no matter
what you’re doing, you come
every day with an intensity
and a focus on performing.”
Armstrong’s first year in
’91 saw Ireton go 5-5. And
things started slowly the following year. The team’s 1-2
record gave no indication that
their season would end with a
state title.
But players recalled a midyear, pregame locker room
speech by Ross Dessert, a captain and starting fullback. He
talked about “Cardinal Pride”
and the importance of making
your mark while you can. And
the pep talk fueled the team’s
decisive win over Paul VI and
carried over through the rest
of the ’92 season.
The consensus behind the
Coach took
a bunch of
kids who had no
real physical talent
or speed and turned
them into a winning
team. Nobody was
particularly big or
strong or fast, but it all
just seemed to work.
We just clicked.”
- Chris Colbert
Bishop Ireton quarterback,
1992-93
sidelines Saturday was that
the ’92 and ’93 teams were
the best in school history. Yet
that wasn’t what was most important looking back all these
years later.
“I owe everything to this
school,” said Lenny Scarola,
known among teammates as
Ireton’s version of NFL great
Dick Butkus. “I met my wife
here. We’ve got kids. I’m still
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friends with these guys today.
“I can’t believe the time
flies so fast. I got an email
saying it’s been 20 years, and
I just couldn’t believe it.”
While Scarola is now a
successful entrepreneur with
a home improvement business, former teammates talked
about him as an intense linebacker who — at the Washington Catholic Athletic Conference championship at Byrd
Stadium in ’93 — shut down
Paul VI star Jamie Stafford.
The teammates came from
as far away as Seattle for the
reunion. Several enlisted in
the military, including Rick
Capta, Marty Weeks and Bill
Gallagher, a two-way starter
at tight end and defensive end
who later became a Navy Seal.
Others went to top-ranked colleges and did well in the business world.
“Coach took a bunch of
kids who had no real physical
talent or speed and turned them
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Kyle Broughan celebrates during Bishop Ireton’s matchup
with Paul VI on Saturday, which
served as a 20-year reunion for
him and his former teammates.
into a winning team,” said
Chris Colbert, the star quarterback on both teams. “Nobody
was particularly big or strong
or fast, but it all just seemed to
work. We just clicked.”
Under Armstrong, the team
adopted the Wing T offense,
which uses multiple running
backs and the quarterback to
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And like any good quarterback, Colbert is quick to
praise his line. Players also
credited assistant coach Dick
Combs for helping them implement the offense.
Allan Kaupinen, vice
president of the nonprofit Alexandria Sportsman’s Club,
watched the ’93 season unfold
from the sidelines during practices and games because his
son, Wes Kaupinen, was on
the team.
“I’m really close to my
kids, and to this day, Wes talks
about the coach,” Allan Kaupinen said. “Coaches, beyond
mothers and fathers, are of-
ten the biggest influence in a
young person’s life.”
Armstrong looks the part.
He’s solidly built and tall, exuding authority. But he’s also
humble. Talking about his
accomplishments as a coach
doesn’t come easy.
For as much as he thoroughly enjoyed catching up
with his old players, he was
hardly eager to take any credit
for their accomplishments on
or off the field.
“It’s been a very humbling experience,” Armstrong
said. “I’ve been a coach for
30 years, and this was a great
group of kids with great parents. I don’t remember one
time where a kid was talking
back to me or to any of the
coaches, not once.
“I was younger back then,
maybe a little more enthusiastic. It was just such a fun
time. And I think that sometimes gets lost. It’s the ability
to have fun, that’s what it’s all
about.”
Just then, Ireton scored
a late touchdown. While the
Cardinals lost 44-21, the former players on the sidelines
erupted.
“Look at this!” one yelled.
“What a run! What a run!”
Indeed, for the Cardinals of
the early 1990s, what a run it
was.
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ALEXANDRIA TIMES
At Home
Nurseries hit a growth spurt
By Mary G. Pepitone
The baby nursery has really
grown up in the home. Featuring
transitional furniture that grows
with the baby, today’s nursery can
be smartly sophisticated for the
smaller set while still appealing to
a parental aesthetic.
You don’t have to sacrifice style
for small ones, says Danielle Kurtz,
creative director for The Land of
Nod, a catalog, Internet and retail
store company based in Morton
Grove, Ill., which specializes in
children’s furniture, bedding and
accessories.
“The design of a baby’s nursery should be an extension of your
home’s overall design,” Kurtz says.
“Gone are the days when parents
might feel they have to check their
style at the nursery door and usher
in licensed character merchandise
for children’s rooms.”
When it comes to the design of
the nursery room, the handwriting’s
on the wall for cutesy “duck-inbonnet” wallpaper with a matching border or pastel pink- or bluepainted walls. Instead, neutrals are
the new nursery color.
“Shades of white in a room
make for a clean space and serve
as a backdrop for accessories with
pops of color,” Kurtz says. “Graphic wallpaper makes a statement and
creates a focal point when hung on
a single wall.”
To keep walls as fresh as the
day they were painted or papered,
consider covering the lower part of
the wall with durable and decorative wainscoting. But no matter
how you break down the design of
the nursery walls, make sure to start
any project well in advance of the
baby’s arrival, so the room is fumefree.
Building a baby’s bedroom
starts underfoot. Whether you roll
out wall-to-wall carpeting or have
an area rug over tile or hardwoods,
a soft surface will visually warm
the space and absorb sound, especially if you’re checking on a sleeping baby.
A design starting at the ground
level with a colorful or graphically dynamic rug can unify a color
scheme for the diminutive dwelling. But for safety’s sake, make
sure any area rug is secured to the
floor to prevent falls, especially
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when carrying a baby.
When it comes to furniture,
a nursery requires only a few
pieces for parents and the baby
to bunk-out: a crib; comfortable seating; a place to change
diapers; and storage for wee
items, including toys, books,
clothing and blankets.
“The nursery revolves
around the crib,” Kurtz says,
“It is often the largest purchase
in a nursery but also the most
important, since a baby will
spend a lot of time in it.”
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission’s requirements for selling a safer
generation of cribs changed
June 28, 2011, to help ensure a
baby’s sleep is not only sound,
but also safe. A crib manufactured before that date may not
meet federal safety standards,
with unsafe features including drop-side cribs and ones
in which the distance between
slats measures greater than 2
3/8 inches.
Mini-modern furniture with
clean lines is the style many
parents are choosing for their
nursery. The Land of Nod’s
cribs meet safety guidelines,
with prices that start at $649.
Conversion kits are available
for some models, so the crib
can grow as the baby’s need for
sleep is best met in a toddler
or — eventually — full-sized
bed.
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The International Association for Child Safety recommends that the placement of
the crib not be directly beneath
a window with corded blinds
or adjacent to other pieces of
furniture, such as a dresser,
which may encourage toddlers
The
nursery
revolves around
the crib. It is
often the largest
purchase in
a nursery but
also the most
important, since a
baby will spend a
lot of time in it.”
- Danielle Kurtz
Creative director for
The Land of Nod
to climb. Also, parents should
buy a firm mattress that fits
snugly inside the crib.
Parents are investing in
nursery pieces in the same style
found in furniture throughout
the rest of the home. A chair,
lamp or streamlined storage
unit can easily transition into
the family room as the baby
becomes more active, without looking out of place. Also,
nursery dressers can be modified to easily become a changing station, using The Land of
Nod’s “changer” top and pad
($149).
Kurtz advises parents to
anchor pieces of furniture —
such as dressers — to the wall
to prevent tipping when a curious child begins to climb.
“Tip-restraint kits are included with our dressers to
anchor them to the wall,” she
says. “You can also buy these
anchors at your local hardware
store, but the important thing
is to install them into the wall
studs.”
After the furniture is in
place, accessorize a neutralcolored nursery with colorful
accessories that are genderneutral. Blankets, pillows and
artwork in atomic oranges,
sea-glass blues, sunny yellows
and sherbet-inspired greens
enliven a space. Artwork can
be sophisticated and playful to reflect a personal style,
but keep the space above
and inside the crib clear of
hard-framed pictures and soft
throws.
Removable and repositionable decals, starting around
$25, are a great way to be creative without fully committing
to a design. Decals are as simple as 1-2-3 and range from A-
B-C to animal motifs.
“You can be bold and adventurous in a nursery, using
color and patterns, such as
chevrons, stripes and polka
dots. People who might be
more conservative in the rest
of their home can play in a
nursery,” Kurtz says. “There’s
enough to worry about when
you’re expecting and raising
children; putting the nursery
together isn’t meant to be intimidating, it should be fun.”
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The nursery is a place in the home to have fun, using color and patterns, such as bold stripes and polka
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Our View
$500K for affordable housing
barely scratches the surface
City councilors righted a bit of a wrong Saturday,
agreeing to discuss shunting $500,000 in real estate
taxes from the National Science Foundation’s future
home into efforts to preserve affordable housing. But
they could — and should — have gone further.
What was the wrong? While drawing up a competitive package of tax breaks and other incentives to lure
the federal agency to Alexandria, negotiators dropped a
required contribution to the affordable housing fund.
Though enticing the foundation to leave Arlington
County represents a major victory — think jobs and
redevelopment along Eisenhower Avenue — leaving
about $1.04 million on the table was a mistake.
By redirecting tax dollars from the site into the affordable housing fund, the city council will take a step
toward atoning for the original sin. But if it’s willing
to reallocate $500,000, then we have to ask: Why not
more? Why not the whole sum?
City Councilor John Chapman, who proposed the
measure, indicated Saturday that he initially had a larger
figure in mind. But in talking to his colleagues, he realized a more generous sum lacked support.
And that’s a shame.
We know, as do our city councilors, that Alexandria’s
shrinking pool of affordable housing has reached a crisis
point. We also know that you, our readers and residents
of this city, recognize the need for affordable housing.
It keeps the city diverse and provides homes for people,
such as firefighters, police officers and teachers — not
to mention the folks who bag your groceries or serve
you drinks during happy hour.
The National Science Foundation is expected to be a
boon for Alexandria. It will bring jobs (from construction workers to scientists), drive development and generate as much as $83 million for our local economy over
15 years. The agency’s likely role as an economic engine is exactly the reason why officials gave the federal
government such a sweetheart deal to relocate.
Given the amount of money we’re talking about
here, $500,000 seems a pittance in comparison. Chapman did not name individuals while discussing his frustrated efforts to garner more money for the fund, but it’s
clear he could not convince at least three of his fellow
councilors.
They have time to reconsider — and we hope they do
in the weeks and months ahead. Reallocating $500,000
is a start, but we should do better.
ALEXANDRIA TIMES
Opinion
“Where the press is free and every man is able to read, all is safe.”
- Thomas Jefferson
Your Views
The money needed to send students
to TJ could be better used elsewhere
To the editor:
Again, there is talk about
Alexandria
City
Public
Schools sending students to
the Thomas Jefferson High
School for Science and Technology. This means creating
a proposed elite group of 14
students whose tuition — paid
with city tax money — would
cost thousands of dollars.
That money should only
be used for the enrichment
of all the students in our
schools. There are advanced
placement classes at T.C.
Williams — about 25 in all
— so our brightest have the
same options as TJ students.
Alexandria’s schools have
always been considered troubled, and I have lived here
for 43 years. Through these
years, many students have
gone on to top universities for
undergraduate and higher degrees, including my daughter,
who has a Ph.D. in a science
field without the benefit of attending TJ.
There are many factors
in this “troubled” reputation.
The major ones are social and
economic. There are 80 languages spoken in the homes
of our students, who hail
from 128 countries of birth.
Thus I urge the school board
to continue to decline sending
any students to TJ and use all
their efforts and funds for all
the children of our city.
- Amoret Bell Bunn
Alexandria
The Business Plan
with Bill Reagan
Learning from the shutdown
During the recent weeks loughed workers looking for
of stomach-churning uncer- things to do, many others saw
tainty, large and small busi- shoppers postpone purchases
nesses have suffered from until their finances stabilized.
As
we
the government
move past the shutshutdown.
down, we have an
Many
firms
opportunity to exdependent on govamine some lesernment contracts
sons that could help
faced tough decistrengthen business
sions, like how
operations in the
long they could
long term. Whether
go without layit’s dealing with a
offs. Other small
Bill Reagan
government shutbusinesses were
thrown into chaos as offices down or a downturn in the
that processed federal certifi- economy, building the founcations or loan programs sus- dation for a resilient business
is critical.
pended operations.
The tourism and hospital- A few businesses realized
ity industry also took a hit they had all their eggs in the
as major attractions in the federal government basket.
region closed and confer- Hopefully, that experience
ences were canceled. While will serve as a catalyst to bea few retailers and food ser- gin diversifying and explorvice businesses experienced ing other sectors.
increased activity from fur- Others, faced with chal-
lenging circumstances, went
to great expense to avoid
furloughing their employees. Thus they strengthened
employee loyalty. Many
businesses found ways to do
more with less and can ap-
Washington. The company
encouraged people with boat
tour tickets from Georgetown to board in Alexandria
instead.
The Potomac Riverboat
Co. also got the word out to
frantic brides, whose reception venues were on federal
property, and to tourists with
plans to see museums and
monuments. Good communication always is important,
but in these types of situations, it can be the difference
between success and failure.
Many retailers showed
Whether it’s dealing with a
government shutdown or a
downturn in the economy, building
the foundation for a resilient
business is critical.”
ply these efficiencies moving
forward.
More than a few business
owners got creative. For example, the Potomac Riverboat Co. promoted all of the
great things to see and do in
Alexandria to customers affected by the closed docks in
empathy and promotional
savvy by offering furloughed
employees discounts or benefits. Danielle Romanetti of
fibre space — a yarn boutique — advertised free introductory knitting instruction
to those affected by the shutdown. About 50 new students
showed up every day.
By demonstrating this
goodwill, fibre space ended
up with a new group of knitters with strong customer loyalty. Many other businesses
offered similar promotions.
Understanding your cash
flow and financial position
can also alleviate some of the
anxiety of uncertainty. How
strong are your reserves?
What flexibility do you have
in paying your vendors or
collecting on receivables?
Feeling comfortable with
these kinds of questions will
help you make strong business decisions. If you need
advice on these issues, please
reach out to the Alexandria
Small Business Development
Center for assistance.
Businesses that adapt
to changing situations and
adopt innovative ways to attract and retain customers
in challenging times will be
more successful. Adversity
often inspires our best instincts. Kudos to the people
and businesses that rose to
the occasion.
The writer is the director
of the Alexandria Small Business Development Center.
Who knows Virginia better
than Ken Cuccinelli?
Developers are behind City Hall’s
interest in boat club’s parking lot
To the editor:
Halloween is upon us and
lots of scary things are in the
wind. As a grandmother, I delight in seeing my grandchildren “think spooky.”
But I don’t like to “think
spooky” when I think of Virginia’s government. I don’t like
to think a man such as Terry
McAuliffe would be the commonwealth’s next governor.
That is a spooky thought.
McAuliffe makes lots of
promises about creating jobs
To the editor:
To Virginia’s credit, its
Legislature and voters limited eminent domain last year.
Even in liberal Alexandria,
nearly three-fifths voted to
restrict eminent domain.
But across the river, in
ultra-liberal Washington, the
city government is preparing to take land by eminent
domain for a public-private
project — a soccer stadium
— something that Virginia
does not allow.
To stay competitive, to-
and then burdening us with
environmental regulations. He
talks about governing wisely
but hasn’t shown that he knows
how Virginia’s legislative process works. That is spooky.
I have no fears like that with
Ken Cuccinelli, however. He
knows Virginia and how our
government works. He’s a worker for grandmothers like me.
- Linda Greenberg
Alexandria
WHO CARES? WE DO.
day’s Democrats can’t afford to be seen as anti-business, so they lavish favored
companies with government
benefits to compete with
the Republicans’ laissezfaire approach to business
regulations. As your editorial (“Waterfront lot is boat
club’s domain,” October 10)
stated, “Taking the boat club
lot and building a plaza will
directly benefit four companies that ... want to develop
land along the waterfront.”
For
the Alexandria
Times, that is a reason not to
use eminent domain, but for
City Hall, it is a reason for
using eminent domain. The
city has been dickering with
the Old Dominion Boat Club
for a long time, but the four
companies’ eagerness to develop most likely is what has
tipped City Hall toward eminent domain. The timing is
no mere coincidence.
- Dino Drudi
Alexandria
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For the sake of the
commonwealth, vote a
straight Democratic ticket
Times publisher shows poor
understanding of shutdown
To the editor:
After hearing Ken Cuccinelli’s recent response to President Barack Obama’s weekly
address, I want to correct the record. Facts matter and a person
seeking office as governor of
this great commonwealth should
recognize the facts.
On Saturday, Cuccinelli announced he believed “Obamacare is unconstitutional.” Here
are the facts.
Cuccinelli was the first attorney general to challenge the
law — minutes after the president signed the Affordable Care
Act — but lost in court. The U.
S. Supreme Court later considered the law and found it to be
constitutional. Determining the
constitutionality of a law is left
to the Supreme Court (per the
Constitution), not any state’s attorney general.
Cuccinelli is well known as
a Tea Party favorite, a group
that advocated shutting down
the federal government, disproportionately impacting federal
workers and the military in Virginia as well as severely damaging our economy. When Sen. Ted
Cruz came to the commonwealth
to speak at the Virginia Family
Foundation event, Cuccinelli did
To the editor:
With a deal struck to reopen the government and
push the debt ceiling fight
to next year, I feel compelled to respond to the
confused comments by the
Alexandria Times publisher
in “A senseless shutdown
(October 3).” While I agree
with Denise Dunbar on the
courage of former President
Ronald Reagan to demand
Mikhail Gorbachev “tear
down this wall,” I am reminded that the left-leaning
media — which has become
far more liberal and monolithic in its views since the
Cold War era — tried to defeat Reagan’s election with
dishonest personal attacks,
claiming that he was a reckless cowboy with a shaky
trigger finger who might
blow up the world with nuclear weapons.
Similarly,
Dunbar’s
critique of the highly accomplished, Ivy Leagueeducated Sen. Ted Cruz (RTX) “buffoonish” is just as
unjustified as those early attacks on a now beloved and
respected Reagan.
First, Dunbar doesn’t
not denounce his actions. As a
retired federal worker, I am disturbed that Cuccinelli would not
stand up against Cruz.
Cuccinelli used his position
as attorney general to pursue an
extreme social agenda that has
included reducing women’s access to birth control, reinstating
Virginia’s sodomy laws — long
declared unconstitutional by the
Supreme Court — and challenging a state university’s research
on climate change and the environment. His running mates —
E.W. Jackson and Mark Obenshain — share his extreme social
views.
For these reasons, I am supporting Terry McAuliffe for
governor, Ralph Northam for
lieutenant governor and Mark
Herring for attorney general. For
the sake of our commonwealth,
all of its residents and its future,
we can’t afford to be held hostage by the ideologically driven
Republican threesome when
it comes to social issues or the
economy.
We must all vote this year.
We must vote a straight Democratic ticket November 5.
- Ronald K. Rigby
Alexandria
appear to understand that
the United States is facing
a worsening fiscal crisis —
only added to by the enormously costly Obamacare
— with ever-mounting national debt or that the debt
ceiling is just a symptom of
the bigger problem (overspending). I don’t know
of any problem that can
be tackled by addressing a
symptom rather than root
causes.
But Dunbar also shows a
poor understanding of how
things work in Washington.
She implies Obamacare is
settled law because of a Supreme Court decision. Any
law can be repealed.
Finally, Obamacare is a
fiasco. This is self-evident
by the failure of its debut.
Americans are being forced
into exchanges that aren’t
ready for primetime and
told their current insurance
isn’t in conformance with
Obamacare. Workers are
seeing their wages shrink by
being forced into part-time
jobs to avoid compliance
with Obamacare.
This, along with skyrocketing premiums, is the
inevitable and predictable
fallout from a federal government takeover, which
President Barack Obama
lied about when he told voters that his signature legislative achievement would
make health care more affordable while reassuring
people that they could keep
their insurance.
Obamacare was marketed on a foundation of lies.
Anyone with an iota of common sense ought to know
that hiring thousands of
IRS agents and Obamacare
“navigators” is not going to
improve health care.
Why does Dunbar defend
this train wreck? Does she
lack compassion for people
trying to support families
on part-time wages while
juggling escalating health
insurance premiums?
Sen. Cruz simply highlighted the problem in a dramatic way, as is the custom
and tradition of the U.S.
Senate. Please don’t shoot
the messenger.
- Margaret C. Hemenway
Alexandria
Together, we will create a better tomorrow for Alexandria City Public Schools
To the editor:
I am excited to have the
opportunity to serve as interim
superintendent for Alexandria
City Public Schools. My sincere thanks go to the school
board for its confidence in my
leadership and to Margaret
Walsh and the rest of the district’s staff for their hard work
resulting in a smooth opening
of schools.
In the coming months, I
will work closely with the
school board, staff, parents
and community stakehold-
ers on behalf of our students.
I have been impressed by the
enthusiasm of our staff and
their commitment to student
achievement.
While the system has made
steady progress in many areas,
there is more work to be done
to achieve our goal of ensuring that all schools are high
performing and that opportunities to achieve academic excellence are available to every
student.
Our priorities include providing students with a rich
and rigorous instructional program; maintaining safe and
supportive learning environments; engaging staff in ongoing and meaningful professional development; helping
students develop resiliency
skills to maintain healthy
mental and physical lifestyles;
implementing efficient business practices; planning for
the long-term educational
needs of our students; and improving community engagement.
Our work is not that of
one person, but the collective responsibility of all of us.
Therefore, I will be soliciting
your commitment and support.
Over the course of the next
few weeks, I will visit schools
and meet with staff, students
and parents. Your everyday
experiences and suggestions
are critical to the district’s
success. Many parental chats
also will be scheduled.
As educator and poet Andrea Ayvazian wrote, “Our
words only carry so much
weight. Our actions tell the
true story.”
Alexandria City Public
Schools has a supportive community with talented students.
Through our collective actions, we will tell a story of
excellence. Through relationships based on trust, transparency and respect, we will be a
stronger, united and more determined school community.
- Alvin L. Crawley
Interim superintendent
of schools
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OUT OF THE ATTIC
The silent sentinel of North
Washington Street
B
uilt in 1847, this huge building —
topped by an octagonal cupola —
at North Washington and Pendleton streets
originally housed the Mount Vernon Cotton Factory, a major industrial operation
that provided steady work for nearly 150
women in pre-Civil War Alexandria.
At the height of production in the late
1850s, the factory contained two 30-horsepower steam engines, which operated 124
looms. Each day, the facility churned out
about 5,000 yards of cotton sheeting.
When war broke out in May 1861, the
Union Army seized the building and alternatively used it as a hospital, warehouse
and the city’s largest prison, which housed
more than 1,400 captured Confederate soldiers.
With the South’s economy in ruins after the war, an effort to restart the cotton
factory failed, and the building sat vacant
for many years. But Robert Portner acquired it in 1902 and converted the facility into a bottling plant to supplement his
booming brewery one block north.
Although Portner’s business was one
of the most successful in the city during
the early 20th century, the advent of World
War I and then the introduction of Prohibition eventually doomed the brewery. The
building was again sold and became home
to the Express Spark Plug Co. of America.
The company used the sides of the
building to shamelessly promote its name
and product, using 6-foot-tall lettering between the various stories of the structure
to advise passers-by to “Be Good to Your
Motor.” This photograph, taken during
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that period, shows factory workers laboring within the cavernous plant.
The spark plug factory became one of
the city’s earliest casualties of the Great
Depression. For a short period of time,
the building was used by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, but by 1935, it was
converted into apartments to address Alexandria’s growing housing shortage. An
imposing portico — supported by four
Corinthian columns — was added to the
front facade.
In 1982, the structure was renovated as
office space.
An interesting urban myth surrounds
the plaster dummy that has long occupied
the windowed cupola. According to local legend, the mannequin dates back to
the 1854 murder of the night watchman.
In that telling, the police tried to lure the
murderer back to the site with the dummy.
Others date it to the Civil War era,
placed there as a stand-in for an actual
guard when he took breaks and left in the
attic when the war ended. Another story
holds that the clothed human substitute
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The vast majority of Americans
know this was caused by a radical
fringe that has taken over the Republican Party. Even GOP conservatives — such as Sen. John McCain, Sen. Lindsey Graham and
Rep. Peter King — have repeatedly
said that.
This same group is going to
hand the gubernatorial election
to Terry McAuliffe in two weeks,
an election Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling
would have surely won.
I guess they like losing, but I
wish they wouldn’t drag the rest of
us down with them.
Spookiness writes:
Yawn. Try the Washington Times.
Are they still in print?
was left behind by the Department of Agriculture when it vacated the structure.
Whatever the truth, the silent sentinel
still watches over busy North Washington Street, greatly loved by the throngs of
motorists and pedestrians that look to his
vantage point each day.
Out of the Attic is provided by the
Office of Historic Alexandria.
Weekly Poll
Last Week
Should the state intervene at
Jefferson-Houston School?
This Week
Is $500,000 enough money for affordable housing
from the National Science Foundation relocation?
A. Yes.
71% Yes.
B. No.
29% No.
34 votes
Take the poll at alextimes.com
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TRICK OR TREAT WITH THE
BOO-TIQUES Start trick-or-treating
GHOULISH GRAVEYARD This
early and stop by more than 24 shops
in the Old Town Boutique District, which
will be dishing out treats to goblins and
ghouls of all ages.
Time: 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Location: Old Town
Information: www.oldtownboutiquedistrict.com
FALL FESTIVAL AT FOUR MILE
RUN CENTER Come enjoy an
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THE WAITING PETS AT THE
ANIMAL SHELTER WISH YOU A SAFE
& HAPPY HALLOWEEN.
www.alexandriaanimals.org
or call 703-746-4664
The Alexandria Animal Shelter’s
Pet of the Week is sponsored by
Diann Hicks.
and special guests. Tickets are $40 in
advance or $50 at the door.
Time: 1 to 5 p.m.
Location: Paradise Springs Winery,
13219 Yates Ford Road
Information: www.hsfc.org
afternoon of fun at this family festival
with food, carnival games, arts and
craft, music, and a costume parade. The
event is free.
Time: Noon to 4 p.m.
Location: Four Mile Run Park Community Building, 4109 Mount Vernon Ave.
Information: Contact Irene Bender
at 703-927-1704 or irenebender@
theaterchurch.com
OLD TOWN HAUNTED HALLOWEEN SCAVENGER HUNT
Ghosts and goblins and ghouls, oh my!
If you thought you knew Alexandria, then
think again because it’s haunted. Come
check it out as On Tap Magazine and
King Street Cats will host this scavenger
hunt, where you will solve mysteries and
perform challenges. Tickets are $10.
Time: 1 p.m.
Location: Old Town
Information: www.ontaponline.com/
event/7534
A TOAST TO THE ANIMALS
This event — benefiting the Humane
Society of Fairfax County — will feature
award-winning wine and excellent food,
live music, a silent auction, vendors,
year, children, 6 years and older, can
stop by one of Alexandria’s favorite
sweet shops to create chocolate pudding dirt and chocolate skulls for spooky
Halloween treats. The event costs $35.
Time: 1:30 to 3 p.m.
Location: The Sugar Cube, 1218
King St.
sugarcubesweets.com
RE-ENACTMENT OF CARLYLE’S
FUNERAL AND GHOST TOUR
In the fall of 1780, death visited Carlyle
House and claimed the life of town
founder John Carlyle. Step back in time
and be a part of this historic funeral
while also learning about mourning
practices in early America. Tickets are
$15, and admission includes a ghost
tour of Old Town.
Time: 6:15 to 9:30 p.m.
Location: Carlyle House, 121 N.
Fairfax St.
nvrpa.org/park/carlyle_house_historic_park
ST. LUKE’S RECITAL Michael
Sheridan will perform music by Bach,
Albeniz and Reinhardt with the classic
guitar. Tickets are $20 for adults, $15
for seniors, and $10 for teachers and
students.
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Location: St. Luke’s Episcopal Church,
8009 Fort Hunt Road
the spooky season, belly dancers will
slink across the stage and re-enact old,
familiar tales with a modern twist. Come
join in the festivities by wearing a costume and witness expert choreography
in a legendary concert setting. Tickets
are $25.
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Location: The Birchmere, 3701 Mount
Vernon Ave.
birchmere.com
October 27
THE SCRUB PINES PERFORMANCE Hailing from Hyattsville,
Md., the Scrub Pines perform a mix of
Americana, roots and acoustic music.
The event is free.
Time: 10 a.m. to noon
Location: Mount Vernon Avenue at
Four Mile Run
Information: www.4mrmarket.org
CIVIL WAR SUNDAY Explore the
Civil War in Alexandria with Civil War
Sundays, a showcase of an original May
26, 1861, edition New York Tribune
detailing Col. Elmer Ellsworth’s death in
Alexandria; a Peeps diorama illustrating Ellsworth’s death; a TimeTravelers
Passport exhibit featuring the Civil War
drummer boy; a diorama of a heating
system constructed in Alexandria to
warm Civil War hospital tents during the
winter of 1861; a cocked-and-loaded
Wickham musket discarded in a privy
during the 1860s; and an exhibit on the
Lee Street site during the Civil War. The
event is free.
Time: 1 to 5 p.m.
Location: Alexandria Archaeology
Museum, 105 N. Union St.
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Saturday, October 19th
11 AM & 12 PM
In the spirit of Halloween we will be doing
a best dressed pirate costume contest!
Reservations are highly recommended. Please go
to our website www.potomacriverboatco.com to
reserve tickets for you and your mates. Boarding
will begin 15 minutes prior to the tour.
Children must be
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DEL RAY HALLOWEEN PARADE Don your
best Halloween costume and walk in the 17th annual Del Ray Halloween Parade, which historically
has attracted thousands of participants. The free
event celebrates the Del Ray and Alexandria community as well as provides a safe family-oriented
holiday atmosphere.
Time: 2 p.m.
Location: Mount Vernon Avenue
Information: visitdelray.com
NEW DOMINION CHORALE CONCERT
New Dominion Chorale will open its 23rd concert
season with a program titled “In Praise of Music.”
Tickets are $30 for adults, $25 for seniors and $5
for students and children.
Time: 4 p.m.
Location: Rachel M. Schlesinger Concert Hall,
3001 Beauregard St.
Information: Contact Margaret Volpe at 703-4034709
OPENING RECEPTION: PORTENT Artists
Sukey Bryan (painting), Freya Grand (painting), Kate
Kertz (silverpoint), Amy Marx (painting) and Ryan
McCoy (photography) elegantly translate the sheer
force of nature into the selected works in the show.
The exhibit runs through December 8.
Time: 4 to 6 p.m.
Location: The Athenaeum Gallery, 201 Prince St.
Information: 703-548-0035 or www.nvfaa.org
WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN PHILHARMONIC ASSOCIATION CONCERT
This concert will feature music by Johann Nepomuk
Hummel, Rimsky Korsakov and Eduard Lalo. Tickets
are $20, but anyone 18 and younger is free.
Time: 7 p.m.
Location: Bishop Ireton High School, 201 Cambridge Ave.
Information: 703-799-8229 or www.wmpamusic.
org
October 28
THE BASICS: MEMORY LOSS, DEMENTIA AND ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE This
program will provide information on detection,
causes, stages of the disease and risk factors. The
event is free.
Time: 1 p.m.
Location: Hollin Hall Senior Center, 1500 Shenandoah Road
Information: 703-324-4600 or www.hollinhallseniorcenter.org
SCREENING: ‘ESCAPE FIRE: THE FIGHT
TO RESCUE AMERICAN HEALTHCARE’
Come watch a screening of health care documentary, “Escape Fire: The Fight to Rescue American
Healthcare.” A question-and-answer session with
doctors from the Steinmetz Center for Integrative
Medicine will follow the film. The event is free.
Time: 6 to 9 p.m.
Location: James M. Duncan Branch Library, 2501
Commonwealth Ave.
Information: 703-746-1705 or www.alexandria.
lib.va.us
SUPERSTITION AND MAGIC IN THE
CLASSICAL WORLD Come enjoy this lecture
by historian Lauren Hammersen and learn about
the role of magic and superstition in the everyday
lives and homes of ancient peoples. The event is
free.
Time: 7 p.m.
Location: The Athenaeum, 201 Prince St.
Information: 703-548-0035 or www.nvfaa.org
Weekly Words
calendar
ACROSS
1 Type of urban growth
7 Bled in the wash
10 The Fishes of the zodiac
16 Nautical pronoun
19 Medicated lozenge
20 Number before “Liftoff!”
21 Curtain call
22 Die spot
23 “I promise”
26 Opposite direction of WSW
27 Biological classifications
28 Spread rumors
29 Capacity measure
31 Cigar residue
33 ___ Cove, L.I.
34Dwell
36 Asian dogs, for short
37Cauterize
39Long basketball shot’s
value
41 The reciprocal of sin, in trig
43 Athena’s shield
45Evildoer
46Tater
48 Circulate, as blood
51 Steep cliff
53 Apple beverage
55 “Din” or “ranch” ending
56“Mr. Holland’s ___” (Richard Dreyfuss film)
57Excludes
61 Surfer’s inhalations
63 Met murals, e.g.
66 It’s above a master’s
68 Give out by share
69 Bushy hairstyles
70 A-frame supports
73 “Amen to that!”
76 Tours thousand
77 To whom a Muslim prays
78 7-Eleven worker
79 Nut on a wheel
81 It’s tender to the Japanese
82Absorb
84 “Positively!”
86 Not of the clergy
89 Airport posting (Abbr.)
90 “And there it is!”
92Alexander the Great’s
teacher
97 Places for making soaps?
99 Club that sings
100 Throat bug, briefly
102 Parsley unit
103 Everyday disinfectant
105 Eighteen holes, for example
106 “Two Mules for Sister ___”
107 Public tiff
109 Book copier of old
112 Bird’s pouch
116 Hardly a dream date
117 Chopped finely
119 Places for earrings
120 Least polite
122 Unit of work
123 Give advice
128 Play part
129 Makes amends
130 Sighs of relief
131Abhorrent
132 Cheer syllable
133Accomplish by hook or by
crook
134Happy response to a marriage proposal
135 Pen’s offspring
DOWN
1 Piglet’s home
2 ___ forma
3 Food with lots of fiber
4 Lumbago, e.g.
5 Metallic percussion sound
6 Like a fair playing field
7Like a candlelit dinner for
two
8 “Press ___ key to continue”
9 Babe in a maternity ward
10Examine with attention to
detail
11 Low-budget film, often
12 Mary, Queen of ___
13 Big house resident
14 “Hulk” actor Bana
15 Events with fixed outcomes
16Enunciate
17 Gate pivot
18Swords used in an Olympic
event
24 Preposition in poetry
25 Fashioned into a sphere
30 Hamburger meat
31 “... and make it fast!”
32One available for future
reference?
35Missile used in the Gulf
War
38 Puerto ___
40 Give careful attention to
42 Horace wrote many
44 Drink, as hot tea
45 Suspicious
46 Young cod
47 Female part of a flower
49 Manny Machado is one
50 Decline, as health
52 Little Labrador
54 Copier paper order
58 Reduced, as tensions
59 Trumpeter’s noise
60 “Great minds think ___”
62“100 Years ... 100 Movies”
org.
63 Loses intensity
64 Make a connection (to)
65 Gab and then some
67 Like petting-zoo animals
71 Daisy ___ of “Li’l Abner”
72 Homemade knife
74 Forearm bones
75 Dutch flower
80“Jumpin’ Jack Flash, it’s a
___”
83Cape Canaveral cancellation
85 Fix the socks
87“... ___ how you play the
game”
88 Police officers
91Misfortunes
93 Disaster aid organization
94 The act of drawing or pulling
95 Italian coin of old
96 “Good heavens!”
98 Follower of “N” or “lip”
100 “On the wagon”
101“Ruby ___” (Rolling Stones
song)
104 Have trouble deciding
105 Adenosine component
107 Dirty political attack
108 Approximately, as a date
110 Trolley warning
111 Boot wheel
113 Same old grind
114 “For the case at hand”
115 Dandelion-infested, e.g.
118 Numbers to crunch
121 Gulp down greedily
124 Over there, to a bard
125 “___ Sun Also Rises”
126 Boy in a Cash song
127 Attendance fig., often
Last Week’s Solution:
30 | october 24, 2013
ALEXANDRIA TIMES
Obituaries
Former vice mayor
dies at 87
Mel Bergheim remembered
for mentoring budding
politicians
By Erich Wagner
Former Vice Mayor Mel
Bergheim died Sunday at the
age of 87.
Bergheim was elected to
city council in 1970 and served
a stint as vice mayor until he
lost a three-way mayoral election in 1976. Despite the setback, Bergheim stayed active
in local politics and remained
a member of the Alexandria
Democratic Committee for
many years, mentoring budding
politicians and activists.
Kerry Donley, who served
as mayor from 1996 until 2003,
said that he remembered Bergheim as a voice for good during a pivotal moment in the
city’s history.
“He was active in the city
and in elected office when the
city was going through some
very turbulent times, particularly with race relations and issues
like school desegregation,”
Donley said. “I think Mel certainly had the values of equality
and fairness.”
Donley described Bergheim
HAROLD “JACK”
J. PEAKE (92),
of Alexandria,
October 12, 2013
MELVIN L.
BERGHEIM (87),
of Alexandria,
October 20, 2013
TRACY J. REPPERT
(48), of Alexandria, October 16, 2013
MILDRED LEE
COLANTUONI (86),
of Alexandria,
October 16, 2013
ABC NOTICE
as always thoughtful and respectful in his approach to the
controversy of the day.
“He always put a lot of
thought on how he would feel
on various issues,” Donley
said. “[Because] of his prior
community service in elected
office, he always understood
the pressures people were under. He was always respectful
— not only of their time, but
their own sentiments and feelings as well.”
Donna Fossum, who served
on the city planning commission
and ran unsuccessfully for city
council last year, said that when
she first moved to Alexandria in
1982, Bergheim was a strong
advocate for the West End.
“He was sort of a voice in the
wilderness out here,” she said.
Fossum got involved in local politics partly because of
her work on Capitol Hill. But
she said Bergheim encouraged
her to become more engaged in
city issues.
“He always encouraged me
to run for city council,” Fossum
said. “When I finally decided to
run, I asked if he would speak
at my kickoff event. He just responded, ‘How long and when
do you want me to start?’”
LEON STANLEY
AUGUST, formerly of
Alexandria, October 8,
2013
MUAMMER CILEM
(88), of Alexandria, October 17, 2013
Classifieds
JANE BLITCH
SCHRAGE,
of Alexandria,
October 16, 2013
WILLIAM J. SULLIVAN,
of Alexandria, October
14, 2013
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LEGAL NOTICE
ALEXANDRIA PLANNING COMMISSION
November - 2013
PUBLIC NOTICE
AT&T intends to submit a Section 106 submission for a proposed telecommunication facility (Evening Star) located at 3201 Landover St. in
Alexandria, VA. AT&T is publishing this notice in accordance with federal regulation 37CFR 1.1307, the NEPA and the ACHP 36 CFR 800.
Twelve (12) antennas will be installed on the 160.3 foot building. The overall height of the building, including antennas, will remain 185.46
feet. Parties interested in submitting comments or questions regarding any potential effects of the existing facility on Historic Properties
may do so by contacting Rebecca Grant, (AT&T) at 7150 Standard Dr., Hanover, MD 21076, 410.712.7768 or [email protected].
Business Directory
The items described below will be heard by the Planning Commission and the City
Council on the following dates. NOTICE: Some of the items listed below may be
placed on a consent calendar. A consent item will be approved at the beginning of
the meeting without discussion unless someone asks that it be taken off the consent
calendar and considered separately. The Planning Commission reserves the right to
recess and continue the public hearing to a future date.
For further information call the Department of Planning and Zoning on 703-7464666 or visit www.alexandriava.gov/planning.
ALEXANDRIA PLANNING COMMISSION
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2013
7:00 PM, CITY HALL
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301 KING STREET
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9:30 AM, CITY HALL
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Rezoning #2013-0004
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Public hearing and consideration of requests for A) an amendment to the
Northeast Small Area Plan chapter of the Master Plan for a height increase; B)
rezoning to amend the existing proffers; and C) a development special use permit
and site plan with modifications to construct a residential building with a parking
reduction to allow tandem parking spaces and an increase to the floor area ratio
in exchange for affordable housing pursuant to section 7-700; zoned RC/High
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Text Amendment #2013-0011
Townhome Requirements
A) Initiation of a text amendment; B) Public hearing and consideration of a text
amendment to Section 1-400(B)(3)(d) of the Zoning Ordinance to allow small,
rear loaded garage townhouse development to include a drive aisle as part of the
lot. Staff: Department of Planning and Zoning
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Townhome Requirements
A) Initiation of a text amendment; B) Public hearing and consideration of a text
amendment to Section 7-1600 of the Zoning Ordinance to allow more than eight
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